Ben Affleck
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Ben Affleck

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Benjamin Géza Affleck (born August 15, 1972) is an American actor and filmmaker. His accolades include two Academy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. He began his career as a child when he starred in the PBS educational series The Voyage of the Mimi (1984, 1988). He later appeared in the independent coming-of-age comedy Dazed and Confused (1993) and various Kevin Smith films, including Mallrats (1995), Chasing Amy (1997) and Dogma (1999). Affleck gained wider recognition when he and childhood friend Matt Damon won the Golden Globe and Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for writing Good Will Hunting (1997), which they also starred in. He then established himself as a leading man in studio films, including the disaster film Armageddon (1998), the war drama Pearl Harbor (2001), and the thrillers The Sum of All Fears and Changing Lanes (both 2002).

After a career downturn, during which he appeared in Daredevil (2003) and Gigli (2003), Affleck received a Golden Globe nomination for portraying George Reeves in the noir biopic Hollywoodland (2006). His directorial debut, Gone Baby Gone (2007), which he also co-wrote, was well received. He then directed, co-wrote and starred in the crime drama The Town (2010) and directed and starred in the political thriller Argo (2012); both were critical and commercial successes. For the latter, Affleck won the Golden Globe and BAFTA Award for Best Director, and the Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Academy Award for Best Picture. He has since starred in the psychological thriller Gone Girl (2014), the thriller The Accountant (2016), the action-adventure Triple Frontier (2019), and the sports drama The Way Back (2020). In 2016, he began portraying Batman in superhero films set in the DC Extended Universe.

Affleck is the co-founder of the Eastern Congo Initiative, a grantmaking and advocacy-based nonprofit organization. He is also a stalwart supporter of the Democratic Party. Affleck and Damon are co-owners of the production company Pearl Street Films.

Films Featuring Ben Affleck

Armageddon

19986.8

Good Will Hunting

19978.2

Hollywoodland

20066.1

Changing Lanes

20026.3

Pearl Harbor

20016.9

Reindeer Games

20005.7

He's Just Not That Into You

20096.6

Forces of Nature

19995.5

Chasing Amy

19976.8

Mallrats

19956.8

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

20016.4

Clerks II

20066.9

Dogma

19996.9

Shakespeare in Love

19986.8

The Sum of All Fears

20026.4

Bounce

20005.8

The Town

20107.2

Smokin' Aces

20066.5

Gigli

20034.0

Extract

20095.9

Daredevil

20035.3

Jersey Girl

20046.2

Man About Town

20065.2

Glory Daze

19955.2

Paycheck

20036.2

Phantoms

19985.6

537 Votes

20207.1

Boiler Room

20006.7

School Ties

19926.5

To the Wonder

20135.8

The Third Wheel

20025.3

200 Cigarettes

19995.8

Surviving Christmas

20045.7

The Company Men

20106.5

Clerk

20216.2

Joseph: King of Dreams

20006.9

State of Play

20096.8

Argo

20127.3

The Curse of the Bambino

The Curse of the Bambino

20039.0

Runner Runner

20135.6

Going All the Way

19974.8

Air

20237.3

Daddy

19914.8

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

20166.0

Gone Girl

20147.9

Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny

20166.8

Halftime

20226.8

Wanted: The Perfect Guy

19868.0

Making The Flash: Worlds Collide

20233.8

Live by Night

20166.3

Justice League

20176.1

Clerks III

20226.0

Dazed and Confused

19937.3

The Making of the Last Duel

20219.0

This Is Me…Now

20245.4

The Accountant

20167.1

The Greatest Love Story Never Told

20246.5

Suicide Squad

20165.9

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

19925.6

The Roast of Tom Brady

20246.8

Judge Not: In Defense of Dogma

20026.1

Daddy and Them

20015.4

Tracing Amy: The Chasing Amy Doc

20097.6

The Rip

20267.1

2013 Boston Red Sox: The Official World Series Film

2013

Back to the Well: 'Clerks II'

20067.0

Triple Frontier

20196.3

The Way Back

20206.6

The Last Thing He Wanted

20204.9

Ghost Army

Jay and Silent Bob Reboot

20195.7

The Last Duel

20217.4

Deep Water

20225.8

Hypnotic

20236.2

Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot

20136.8

Hands of a Stranger

19874.9

Making Dazed

20059.0

I Am Still Alive

I Am Still Alive

Fahrenheit 9/11

20047.1

Falling to Earth

Falling to Earth

The Dark End of the Street

19812.8

Oh, What a Lovely Tea Party

20046.4

Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies

20175.4

CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion

20185.2

Extract: Mike Judge's Secret Recipe

20093.0

Hey New Hampshire, Let's Vote!

2016

Magnum Dopus

20206.4

The Tender Bar

20216.6

Zack Snyder's Justice League

20218.1

Erection of an Epic - The Making of Mallrats

20052.0

The Flash

20236.6

The Accountant²

20257.1

A Case for Kindness

202210.0

Reflecting on a Journey: Good Will Hunting 15 Years Later

2012

Armageddon: Target Earth

19989.0

Animals

2026

The Good Mother

19885.7

Netflix Tudum 2025

20255.5

Roadside Attractions with Kevin Smith

Roadside Attractions with Kevin Smith

200210.0

Unraveling George

2025

Field of Dreams

19897.1

E:60 - Dream On: Stories of Boston's Strongest

2014

Beyond the Movie: Pearl Harbor

20017.0

Diari Chinta

2023